Modernizing artisanal brick kilns: A global need

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Schmidt, Charles W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROFLUORIC ACID;

AFGHANISTAN; AIR POLLUTANT; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CARE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS;

EID: 84880967723     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.121-A242     Document Type: Note

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